The Peloponnesian War

The Unabridged Crawley Translation, Introduction by Terry Wick

Literature & Fiction

Thucydides

Literary

McGraw=Hill

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling the author's ambitious claim that the work "was done to last forever." The conflicts between the two empires over shipping, trade, and colonial expansion came to a head in 431 b.c. in Northern Greece, and the entire Greek world was plunged into 27 years of war. Thucydides applied a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling this exhaustively factual record of the disastrous conflict that eventually ended the Athenian empire. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

History of the Peloponnesian War

Penguin Classics

"The greatest historian that ever lived." Such was Macaulay's assessment of Thucydides (c. 460 400 BC) and his history of the Peloponnesian War, the momentous struggle between Athens and Sparta that lasted for twenty seven years from 431 to 404 BC, involved virtually the whole of the Greek world, and ended in the fall of Athens. A participant in the war himself, Thucydides brings to his history an awesome intellect, brilliant narrative, and penetrating analysis of the nature of power, as it affects both states and individuals. Of the prose writers of the ancient world, Thucydides has had more lasting influence on western thought than all but Plato and Aristotle. This new edition combines a masterly new translation by Martin Hammond with comprehensive supporting material, including summaries of individual Books; textual notes; a comprehensive analytical index; an appendix on weights, measures and distances, money, and calendars; ten maps; an up to date bibliography; and an illuminating introduction by P.J. Rhodes. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up to date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The Peloponnesian War (Oxford World's Classics)

Rhodes, P. J.

Hammond, Martin

Classics

Oxford University Press

Thucydides wrote the story of the first democracy in history, and of the fortunes and fall of its empire, but his pages contain the modern world-scene in miniature. The tale is told by a great political thinker, whose penetrating insight and dramatic power caused Macaulay to call him the 'greatest historian that ever lived.' His work, slightly abridged, is here presented in translation with an introduction and notes.

The History of the Peloponnesian War

History

Ancient Civilizations

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Historiae, Volume I (Oxford Classical Texts Series)

History & Criticism

Clarendon Press

Thucydides Historiae Vol. II: Books V-VIII

Historiae, Volume II (Oxford Classical Texts Series)

Thucydides: Book VI

Dover, K. J.

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University of Chicago Press

Thucydides, With an English Translation, Vol. 1 of 4: History of the Peloponnesian War, Books I and II (Classic Reprint)

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Thukydides' Geschichte Des Peloponnesischen Kriegs, Gr. Und Deutsch Mit Anmerkungen [By G. Böhme]. Fuenftes Buch (German Edition)

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The Peloponnesian War

History of the Peloponnesian War

The Peloponnesian War (Oxford World's Classics)

The History of the Peloponnesian War

Historiae, Volume I (Oxford Classical Texts Series)

Historiae, Volume II (Oxford Classical Texts Series)

Thucydides: Book VI

The Peloponnesian War

Thucydides, With an English Translation, Vol. 1 of 4: History of the Peloponnesian War, Books I and II (Classic Reprint)

Thukydides' Geschichte Des Peloponnesischen Kriegs, Gr. Und Deutsch Mit Anmerkungen [By G. Böhme]. Fuenftes Buch (German Edition)